{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Built Different","title":"Episode 88: 1872's $15M Bet on AI-Native Steel Fabrication","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f0b6a5d7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":235,"description":"Cincinnati-based startup 1872 has closed a $15 million seed round — one of the largest in Ohio history — to build what it calls an AI-native steel fabrication facility. Founded by engineers from GE Aviation and SpaceX, the company is betting that construction's structural steel supply chain can be rebuilt from the ground up around automation rather than retrofitted onto manual workflows. For developers, general contractors, and capital partners evaluating the industrial construction supply chain, this is a signal worth tracking: a well-funded, technically credentialed team is targeting the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FqhP0L_bpLui0_R4M_djHYuI024Y_echHiiRdD3XIA0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTY2/YWI4YzNkMzU5NDEz/MWRlZGY1MjY3MzA3/OWQxZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}